Albania: Information from 1994 to present on the Union for Human Rights Party, including the treatment of its members by the current government

Publisher Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Author Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada
Publication Date 1 May 1997
Citation / Document Symbol ALB26512.E
Cite as Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Albania: Information from 1994 to present on the Union for Human Rights Party, including the treatment of its members by the current government, 1 May 1997, ALB26512.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad314.html [accessed 17 September 2023]
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For information on the Union for Human Rights Party, please consult the attachments. Additional information on the Union for Human Rights Party could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Attachments

Agence France Presse (AFP). 26 May 1996. "A Party Formed to Defend Albanian's Ethnic Greeks Later Joined the Other Oppo..." (NEXIS)

Koha Jone [Tirana, in Albanian]. 2 August 1996. "Leader of Ethnic Greek Party Defends Decision to Take Seat in Parliament." (BBC Summary 8 Aug. 1996/NEXIS)

_____. 1 June 1996. "Split Reported in Party Representing Albanian's Ethnic Greeks." (BBC Summary 2 June 1996/NEXIS)

Additional Sources Consulted

Amnesty International Report. Yearly.

CSCE Digest [Washington]. Monthly.

DIRB country file on Albania.

DIRB databases.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports.

Human Rights Watch World Report. Yearly.

Minority Rights Group International Report [London]. Irregular.

Nationalities Papers [Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK]. Quarterly.

News from Helsinki Watch [New York]. Monthly.

RFE/RL Research Reports [Munich]. Twice monthly.

Transition [Prague]. Twice monthly.

Uncaptive Minds [Washington]. Quarterly.

Online search of media sources.

Unsuccessful attempts to contact oral sources.

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